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1. Has a major grading service ever graded and slabbed a counterfeit coin?

   

   Discussion by PerryHall · October 5, 2012 9:53PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I'm talking about an actual example where the counterfeit was discovered in a slab and the major grading service bought the coin back under their guarantee and took the coin off the market. Anyone know if this has ever happened and what specific coin was involved?

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   Comment by MacCrimmon · October 6, 2012 10:27PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I'd bet some Bay Area half cents made it in before the EAC guys put 2 & 2 together.

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   Comment by LanceNewmanOCC · October 6, 2012 8:42PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>Is that 1804 cent an altered date? >> seems familiar. i think there has been a thread about this coin within the past year, maybe not even that long ago. just recall something about a counterfeit in a holder on some well-known dealer's site and this particular coin is ringin' some bells .

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   Comment by derryb · October 6, 2012 1:23AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   It's threads like this where we could sure benefit from the experience of former TPG graders.

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   Comment by crypto79 · October 6, 2012 12:56AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I had a multiple struck Trade Dollar that was in a PCGS MS62 Chop Mark holder. The coin was cracked out and examined before being resubmitted and it came back as a real coin that had been double struck by false dies. I am not sure how exactly that ends up with a coin like this but the number of top shelf coin people PCGS…

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   Comment by DorkGirl · October 6, 2012 12:11AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> << <i> << <i>What about the micro o Morgans? >> Great example. PCGS has been buying them back under their guarantee but many collectors want to keep them in their PCGS slabs and they bring good money as such. >> Are those counterfeit or simply altered? >> They are counterfeit.

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   Comment by PerryHall · October 6, 2012 12:10AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> << <i> << <i>What about the micro o Morgans? >> Great example. PCGS has been buying them back under their guarantee but many collectors want to keep them in their PCGS slabs and they bring good money as such. >> Are those counterfeit or simply altered? >> They were struck counterfeits.

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   Comment by unknown · October 5, 2012 11:10PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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   Comment by Matrix1980 · October 6, 2012 9:05AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I would say probably even medical doctors make mistakes so why not a coin grader.

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    Comment by Nic · October 6, 2012 8:59AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

    I would love to buy a slabbed omega twenty, if anyone has one. K